Our colleague and palaeontologist Thierry Smith has discovered a 70 million year old mammal with red teeth in Transylvania, Romania. Iron strengthened Barbatodon transylvanicus’ incisors and molars and gave them their red colour.
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16/07/2015
A Prehistoric Mammal with Blood Red Teeth
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Charlotte Degueldre
19/06/2015
Bernissart Iguanodons’ Cause of Death to Be Re-Examined
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Reinout VerbekeWhat killed approximately thirty iguanodons that were discovered at Bernissart: drought, drowning, marsh gas poisoning, or something else? A team of Belgian researchers are re-launching the investigation to try and find the prime suspect.
08/06/2015
Ancient Egyptian Animal Skeletons Reveal Injuries From Beatings
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Reinout VerbekeA team of Belgian archaeologists has found wild animals in ancient Egyptian graves, which show signs of punishment and tethering.
25/02/2015
Who Were the Artists of Lascaux?
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23/12/2014
Feathered Dinosaur Kulindadromeus in Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2014
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Reinout VerbekeOur study on the primitive feathered dinosaur Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus is one of the 10 scientific achievements of 2014, according to the journal Science.
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